The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-03-30
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON, D. c., I
March rs, 1887.

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himself in asstight place which may III
timately lead to his resignation. Prac
titioners before the Bureau ever since
his accession to the office have beer
hoping that something would turn ~
to lead him into other fields. The Ia,
test story that he wrote to personal
friend in New York State, saying that
he would do all in his power to defea,
Clevelands denomination and to secure
the nomination of Gov. Hill, seems to
be very generally accepted about here
as containing great deal of truth
1t is true that the Commissioner has
denied any foundation for the rumor,
hut still people around the Capital,
who seem to know pretty well what is
going on, say that there is more fact
than fiction in the story. The Com
missioner has also set the pot to boil
ing in the Treasury Department.. He
has charged the Assistant Comptroller
with the authorship of certain official
correspondence rejecting upon his ac-
ton in a land claim, pending in his
office, in which he says the assistant
official was interested, and publicly
says that the Deputy Comptroller has
no right to the position he holds and
should be removed at once. Mr.. Gar
rison, in defense, publishes a card,
saying that the Comptroller himself
conducted the correspondence, as the
record shows. Mr.. Sparks seems to
possess the faculty of quarreling with
all his official brothers, and you need
not be surprised any day to hear of
his resignation.
Ever since Congress adjourned the
air has been full of ru,nors of official
misdoings, and ruptures of good feel
ing between Washington officials. In
connection with the resignation of
Commissioner of Patents Montgomery,
he was reported to have said, in an
interview with newspaper man, that
Congressman aud Senators bored the
life out of him in soliciting appoint
ments for friends, aud that they were
more importunate in soliciting appoint
ments for women whom they had never
met before coming to Washington than
for any other class of favor seekers.
Mr.. Montgomery has, however, very
empatically denied ever having enter
tanned such thought, much less Civ
ing utlerance to such scandal, and
says further that his sole reason for
surrendering his honorable office is to
engage in the practice of law again
before his old: practice is completely
scattered and lost. His many friends
here have hopes that he will receive
the nomination for Congress when the
time for making nominations again
rolls round.
Another rumor without foundation
was to the effect that Sergeant-at.
Arms Canaday, Of the Senate, was
found to be short in his accounts, and
that he was guilty of borrowing money
of all his snbordinates without return
ing it. The truth is, Mr.. Canaday
has nothing to do with the disburse-
ments OF money, as none passes thro'
his hands, and so has no accounts in
which to. ''be short" So far as the
other part of the rumor is concerned
the afable and generous Sergeant at
Arms is constantly lending instead of
borrowing money, as he knows to his
sorrow.
Secretary Enaicott also denies that
there is any nnpleasantness between
him and the President, or that he has
any intention Of resigning. There
has been some slight disagreement
between himself disagreement between
himself and the newly appointed Sur
geon General of the Army, General
Moore, about changes in the office of
the Surgeon General, but even that is
not of o serions nature, and under no
circumstances would it affect the cor
cordial and friendly relations between
the Secretary and the President.
All these runors have for their orr
gin the fertile and imaginative brains
of newsy correspondents who are suf-
fering for the want of spicy debates in
Congress and the personal reminis-
cences and gossip of members of Con-
gress to write about. Fl.
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